The energetic cost of exposure to UV radiation for tadpoles is greater when they live with predators

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-103

  Alton, Lesley A ^a   White, Craig R ^a   Wilson, Robbie S ^a   Franklin, Craig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity; Amphibian declines; Interactive effects; Metabolic rate; Multiple stressors; Predation; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOENERGETICS; CHEMICAL CUE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FROG; GLOBAL CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY; OZONE DEPLETION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION RISK; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; LIMNODYNASTES PERONII;

EID: 84856017123     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01900.x     Document Type: Article

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